Proverbs 19:3 (NLT)
3 People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and
then are angry at the Lord.
In this proverb King Solomon points out two foolish acts
of people. First they create their own trouble, embarrassing themselves and
running themselves aground. Second when they have done so they choose to lay
blame against God. In holding their anger against God they take away their own
peace by removing The One who could comfort them.
Adam and Eve could have used this proverb from King
Solomon. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God
by eating from The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, God asked Adam a simple
question, “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to
eat?” It was a simple yes or no question, but instead Adam gave this response, “It
was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.” In other words,
God had you not created this woman for me then how could she have given me the
fruit to eat.
God specifically told Adam he could eat from any tree in
the garden except one and that was The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Adam
had heard the command. Adam had understood the command. It was Adam who
disobeyed the command and yet we find Adam blaming Eve and God for his own
actions.
How many times in your life do you think you have blamed
someone else when it was your actions that caused a problem? If we never learn
to accept blame for our problems then it becomes difficult to ever correct the
problem; for we always justify ourselves. When we justify ourselves there is no
need to look for a future solution because we have already laid the blame on
someone else; believing it is their problem to correct.
Learn to accept responsibility for your own actions.
Learn that getting angry at others for your actions is not the way to solve
problems, but instead create new problems. In your mind because they are wrong you alienate yourself from others who could most likely help. Learn to turn to God and others for help instead of placing blame on them.
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